Even before the first phase is completed, the fragile cease-fire agreement that has paused 15 months of war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas faces increasingly long odds of lasting or even reaching phase two.

Israeli troops fired on people trying to return home to southern Lebanon and delayed a return home for northern Gaza residents. Israel blamed Hezbollah and Hamas.

The war in Gaza has been devastating for children. According to U.N. agencies, more than 13,000 have been killed, an estimated 25,000 injured, and at least 25,000 hospitalized for malnutrition.

Israeli forces killed at least 22 people and injured dozens more in southern Lebanon on Sunday, Lebanese officials said. In Gaza, Israel said Hamas had violated the terms of the truce.

Israeli forces killed at least 22 people and injured dozens more in southern Lebanon on Sunday, Lebanese officials said, in the deadliest day since Israel’s truce with Hezbollah took effect. In Gaza,

Israeli officials have said Lebanese troops are not deploying fast enough in the areas Israeli troops are supposed to vacate.

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Even before the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was fully in place, Palestinians in the war-battered Gaza Strip began to return ... writer Abby Sewell in Beirut contributed to this report.

Jean-Pierre Lacroix spoke to the U.N. Security Council in a video briefing from Beirut on Friday ... assume full responsibility” in the Gaza Strip, according to a statement reported by the ...

Israel’s Cabinet has approved the Gaza ceasefire deal that would pause the fighting and release dozens of hostages held by Hamas and other militants in the Gaza Strip, along with Palestinian prisoners

Two rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip at Sderot and towards several Gaza border communities, the military said on Tuesday evening, adding that they were both intercepted. Later ...